A QUIZ
You should very soon be able to answer all the following questions without referring to the earlier posts. (Okay, okay, most of them) You will find progress much easier if you start early to commit things to memory. Osmosis will work in the long run, but weekly revision is far more effective!
- Who makes the first call?
- When is the auction finished?
- Which player becomes the declarer?
- Who makes the opening lead?
- When is dummy’s hand put on the table?
- How many HCP in the pack?
- How are the 5 possible strains ranked in the bidding, starting with the highest?
- What are the five different minimum bids at game level?
- How many tricks does declarer have to make in each of these game contracts?
- What are the five small slam bids?
- How many tricks must be made in any small slam?
- And the five grand slam bids?
- And the number of tricks to be made in any grand slam?
- How many points normally required by the partnership for game?
- And for small slam?
- And for grand slam?
- What do you call any contract below game?
- What do you score for making 9 tricks, vulnerable, at 3♦? At 3NT? At 4♥?
- What do you score for making 11 tricks, not vulnerable, in a contract of 2♣?
In 4♠? In 6♦? - What do you score for bidding and making a vulnerable grand slam in notrumps?
- What is promised by the lead of an honour against a notrump contract?
- How does this differ from what is promised by the lead of an honour against a suit contract?
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The story continues in the next post - Number 2(a). This is the start of Lesson 2 - notionally your second week of learning about Bridge. I welcome any comments you may have. You can do this via the "Post a Comment" feature at the bottom of each post, or the Contact Form in the right sidebar.
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